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English for Law (EL) Learn the spoken and written English skills necessary to communicate effectively with legal clients and professionals in this interactive five or ten week course. Why study English for Law? Topics include: The English for Law course helps you increase your confidence and skills in speaking, writing and presentation in English in the legal environment. • Common Law Legal Systems and Practice Improve your English for: • Intellectual Property Law • Postgraduate studies in Law • Competition Law. • Increasing your employment and career development opportunities. • Company formation, management and capitalisation • Contract formation, remedies and assignment Entry requirements Course Content IELTS overall 5.5 with 5.5 writing OR the results of an interview and placement test. The English for Law course helps you to develop legal English skills in: Need more information? • Writing legal correspondence and reports • Role-playing and case studies • Reading legal texts • English-speaking meetings and negotiations. Please refer to www.languages.unsw.edu.au/courses/ professional-english/english-for-law for further information about the entry requirements for this course. AUD$450 per week (tuition fees) “This course gave me the start I needed, as well as the confidence to do a university course in Australia. I liked that the class was formed with students from different countries. The teacher was absolutely amazing and it was easy to engage with the content.” Cynthia, Portugal English for Law Sample timetable available at: www.languages.unsw.edu.au/courses/professional-english/english-for-law 38 Pathways to Success